Coin stacking and packaging device



' Sept. 19, 1950 D. BLOCK 2,523,089

COIN STACKING AND PACKAGING Filed Oct. 22, 1947 Snnentor:

DAVID I. BLOC K (Ittomeg Patented Sept. 19, 1950 UNITED STATES PAT'ESN Ti OFFICE COIN STACKING AND PACKAGING DEVTCE DavidI. Block, El mh urs t, N. Y

Application October 22, 1947, Serial No. 781,478 1 My invention relates to devices for stacking, counting and packaging coins, and one of its objects is to fill a predetermined number of coins into a suitable receptacle or wrapper, for example, into a roll of paper, quickly and ac- A ception of the coins and can be tilted in order to discard excessive coins.

Further objects are to provide a stop in the coin tube whereby the filled in coins will come to rest on this stop, to provide the coin tube with a lateral slot positioned at a definite level over this stop whereby, when the tube is tilted to the side of this slot, excessive coins will drop through the slot and, thereby, the number of coins piled up over the stop will be restricted to a predetermined amount, and to provide a receptacle under this slot for the reception of the discarded coins whereby the excessive coins are stored in a position convenient for future handling.

Still other objects are to facilitate the insertion of the coin column into a suitable wrapper, forexample, into a paper roll, to provide the coin tube with a continuation extending under the stop, to adapt this continuation for the insertion of a tubular wrapper, and to make the stop temporarily removable whereby, upon removal of the. stop, the coin column will slide into the wrapper and can be removed from the coin tube in enveloped condition.

'Stillfurther objects are to use the device al- I ternatingly for different species, to provide coin Fig. 2 shows the cointube without its support, seen in the direction of the arrow 2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 showsa cross section of the coin tube, taken alongthe line 3+3, in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 shows a topview of the support without the coin tube.

Fig. 5 shows aside view of a paper roll which may be used in connection with the device shown in Figs 1 to 4.;

Referring to thedrawing, numeral 1 indicates a coin tubewhichflis adapted, for the reception of a definiteand uniform type of coins by an inner diameter1 equal to or slightly larger than the diameter of a coin of this type; The lower portion 4 of the coin tube is a little wider than the main'portion '5 whereby a thin-walled cylindrical wrapper or paper roll 6 (Fig. 5) can be inserted in the tube portion 4 from its bottom opening 1 in a position wher the inner space of the wrapper 6 forms a continuation of the channel of the tubes main portion 5 The upper end of the coin tube is' provided with a funnel 8.

The tube portion '5 hasan arc-shaped slot or opening Sth'rough which a disk I I can move out of and into the coin tube., In the position shown in full lines, the disk l ["spans the inner crosssection of the cointube and forms a stop for coins dropping inthe tube. A short arm I2 is affixed to the disk I l and tea hing pin i3 which is turnable in a cylindrical projection [4 of the coin tube. An arm l 5'is affixed to the lower end of the hinge pin l3 and is provided with a knob l6 serving as a handle for moving the disk. A spiral spring ll has one end afiixed', for example, soldered, to the outside of the coin tube and has another end afiixed to the arm I 5. The spring I! is tensed when the disk II is turned out of the tube, and urges the disk back into the tube.

A lateral slot I8 is provided in the coin tube at a definite distance over the stop disk II and a short distance" under the funnel 8. The distance between the upper side of the disk II and the lower rim of the slot I8 is equal to the height of a coincolumn comprising as many coins as are to bewrapped'in one roll.

'A longitudinal 810i s maybe provided in the wall offthe coin tube. This slot allows to see the coins stacked over the stop'disk ll.

The lower po'rtio'ri' l of the coin tube has a thickened zone 2| provided with two conical recesses 22. These recesses are positioned diametrically oppositely to each other and serve to hinge the coin tube as will be described later.

A support or pedestal 23 comprises a foot 24, a vertical post 25 and a horizontal arm 26 extending from the post 25. The arm 26 terminates in a crossing bar 21 to which a resilient clamp 28 is affixed. This clamp has two arms which are so spaced and curved that the coin tube I or its portion 2! can be positioned within the clamp 28. The inner sides of the clamp carry two conical projections 29 which face each other and engage the recesses 22 of the coin tube. Thereby the coin tube l is hinged to the support 23.

The upper end of the post 25 carries a cradle 3| and a receptacle 32. The cradle 3| is afiixed to the same side of the post 25 as the arm 26 and serves as a support for the coin tube in the tilted position shown in Fig. 1. Th receptacle 32 is positioned at the opposite side of the post and has an open upper side located under the slot l8 when the tube l is in the shown tilted position.

The described device is used in the following manner:

A quantity of coins of that type for which the coin tube l is adapted is dropped into the funnel 8 without countin this quantity until the tube portion over the stop disk H is filled or almost filled with a sequence of these coins. Preferably, the coin tube is held in about vertical position during this operation whereby the proper arrangement of the coins in the tube is facilitated and the sequence of coins willform a column of horizontally placed pieces. Then, the tube l is tilted into the position shown in Fig. 1 and comes to rest on the cradle 3|. A predetermined number of coins corresponding to the height of a column reaching up to the slot It! remains in the tube while excessive coins escape through the slot [8 and drop into the receptacle 32.

Then, the wrapper 6 is inserted through the opening I in the tube portion 4-, and the handle I6 is turned into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. Thereby, the disk II is removed from the tubes channel and is turned out of the tube into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The removal of this stop permits the coin column to, drop and to slide down into the inserted wrapper 6. When the wrapper has received the coins, it is taken out of the coin tube through the opening 1. Then the open end of wrapper is closed. Thereby a coin roll containing a predetermined amount of coins is obtained.

In order to make rolls of coins of another type or of another number, the coin tube is exchanged with a similar coin tube adapted for this other type or this other number by corresponding diametrical and longitudinal measures. The exchange of the tube is facilitated by the resiliency of the clamp 28 which releases the tube from engagement with the projections 29 when some force is applied, and which makes the same projections snap into the recesses 22 of a coin tube when the tube is pressed into the clamp.

I desire it understood that my invention is not confined to the particular embodiment shown and described, the same being merely illustrative, and that my invention may be-carried out in other ways without departing from the spirit of my invention as it is obvious that the particular embodiment shown'and described is only one of the many that may be employed to attain the ob jects of my invention.

Having described the nature of my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A coin stacking device comprising a support, two resilient clamping arms extending from said support in a fixed lateral direction, a coin tube exchangeably inserted between said arms and engaging the same hingedly so that said tube is turnable between a vertical and a tilted position, a cradle aifixed to the upper end of said support in a position where said cradle supports said tube in said tilted position, said tube having a lateral slot which, in said tilted position of the tube, is obliquely downwardly directed, and a removable stop positioned in said tube at a definite distance under said slot.

2. A coin stacking device comprising a support, two resilient clamping arms extending from said support in a fixed lateral direction, two horizontally extending co-axial projections afiixed to facing sides of said arms and having a resiliently adjustable distance from each other,

a coin tube exchangeably and hingedly held between said projections whereby said tube is tumable between a vertical and a tilted position, a cradle afiixed to the upper end of said support in a position where said cradle supports said tube in said tilted position, said tube having a lateralslot which, in said tilted position of the tube, is obliquely downwardly directed, and a removable stop positioned in said tube at a definite distance under said slot.

3. A coin stacking device comprising a support, two resilient clamping arms extending from said support in a fixed lateral direction, a coin tube exchangeably inserted between said arms and engaging the same hingedly so that said tube is turnable between a Vertical and a tilted position, a cradle afiixed to the upper end of said support in a position where said cradle supports said tube in said tilted position, said tube having a lateral slot which, in said tilted position of the tube, is obliquely downwardly directed, a receptacle affixed to the upper end of said support adjacent to said cradle and having a broad open upper side positioned under said slot when said tube is in said tilted position, and a removable stop positioned in said tube at a definite distance under said slot.

DAVID I. BLOCK.

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